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Fit in five minutes? The simple workout that can transform your health

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Fit in five minutes? The simple workout that can transform your health

If you’re worried that you’re too sedentary or too short on time to exercise, scientists have good news for you. Researchers have discovered that a workout of just five minutes a day can give a significant boost to your physical and mental health.

Exercise scientists at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia have shown that eccentric training, where you work against gravity to perform the lowering phase of a movement in a slow and controlled way, has many benefits including boosted muscle strength and better mood. They have now devised a simple routine of the exercises that requires only a few minutes of your time and can be done as you go about your day — they can be performed at separate times and no

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Fitness coach says walking 10,000 steps is the most underrated way to burn fat: ‘You don’t need to train for hours’

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Fitness coach says walking 10,000 steps is the most underrated way to burn fat: ‘You don’t need to train for hours’

Walking 10,000 steps has proven to be a beneficial way of losing weight. While hitting the gym to do rigorous exercise and eating caloric deficit diets always top the list of what things you should be doing during weight loss, walking is often ignored as not an effective way to burn fat.

Walking 10,000 steps per day can burn around 500 calories. (Shutterstock)

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However, fitness coach Vimal Rajput believes walking is ‘the most underrated way to burn fat’. In a video shared on Instagram on April 4, the nutritionist said that “10k steps per day can burn around 500 calories, which is 3,500 calories per week, which is 1lb of fat per week.”

10k steps! The underrated way to lose fat

Stressing that 10,000 steps help you lose weight or shed fat, Vimal said, “This [walking 10k steps] is the most underrated way to lose fat. You don’t need to train in the gym for hours and hours. You don’t need to run your body down. You don’t need to do long runs and tons of HIIT (high-intensity interval training). Just get outside and get moving.”

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Why is walking elite?

Explaining why walking is the elite form of exercise, Vimal revealed that it’s because walking is low intensity, and your body doesn’t need to recover after you are done. However, after an intense workout session, it is always suggested that you take a break to allow your body to recover.

Per the fitness coach, this means you can put more effort into your lifting sessions at the gym. “Combine the two [walking and weight training], and you’re melting fat off you. You don’t have to spend a huge chunk of time walking, either. You can even break it up throughout the day. And don’t even stress about step counts – just move more wherever and whenever you can,” she added.

She also suggested getting a walking pad, calling it a game changer for those who don’t get to go out much. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s [walking pad] not the same as getting outside in the fresh air. But if you’re someone who’s busy and can’t get out much, it’s a perfect way to get your steps in,” she added.

Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.

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Doctors warn against heat-exercise combo – The Times of India

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Doctors warn against heat-exercise combo – The Times of India
Kolkata: Fitness enthusiasts who love to sweat it out in the gym or go for long morning jogs have been warned to watch out for the rising heat and humidity, which could not only be energy-sapping but fatal as well. Many succumb to ‘breathing blockage’ or a sudden cardiac arrest, which strikes often in summer, especially during the early part of the season when the system is not yet acclimatised to the changed weather conditions, said doctors and experts.
Fortis Hospital cardio-thoracic surgeon K M Mandana said, “Fitness freaks and regular gym-goers often refuse to tone down their workouts, which can be risky when the weather turns hot. This is the time of the year when the temperature rises, and one tends to sweat a lot more while working out. So, we often come across young and healthy individuals who suffer a sudden cardiac arrest, even death, while exercising. This is triggered by electrolyte imbalance, which happens when you lose a lot of salt with sweat. Electrolyte imbalance can affect the electrical impulse of the heart and lead to arrhythmia, which is a sudden and serious cardiac event.” He added that this is also referred to as “breathing blockage”.
A section of youngsters have underlying, undiagnosed cardiac issues that could trigger a breathing blockage without warning, said Charnock Hospital internal medicine consultant Subhayan Bhattacharya. “Conditions like arrhythmia and some congenital cardiac disorders often have muted symptoms that are ignored by the youth. It could be risky for this group to do strenuous workouts in changing weather conditions,” Bhattacharya said.
While it is common for people in their 40’s to develop cardiac issues, a lot of patients are now aged between 25 and 35. The number is growing each year, and more than 15% of Kolkata’s cardiac patients are now below 40, they say.
Stress, smoking, unhealthy eating habits, and lack of physical exercise are the principal reasons behind cardiac problems striking early, according to doctors, who also point to undiagnosed diabetes as a trigger, said BM Birla Heart Hospital director of cardiology Anjan Siotia. Over-exercise or intense sessions at the gym could also lead to a sudden heart attack, he warned.
Young cardiac patients are apparently healthy individuals with a hectic but often unhealthy lifestyle, said Siotia. One of the reasons, Siotia said, behind cardiac patients getting younger is stress, which has now become an “important risk factor”. “It now begins to take a toll from the teenage years. The pressure keeps rising as one progresses in life, and, by the time one reaches the late 20’s, professional stress reaches a flashpoint. This is the reason why we have seen a spurt in the number of young cardiac patients in this age group,” said Siotia.
“With the sudden change in weather, we need to take more salts, reduce and space out workouts, maintain electrolyte balance and don’t overstrain,” said Mandana.

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